PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG

Driving through mountain ranges the world over, you are bound to come across some sight (probably many) which you really feel must be captured on film. At this juncture you are faced with many decisions, not least “how can I do this sight justice?”.

The way I see it there are a few careful descisions which need making.

In this instance my sight was of this mountain, with the lake before it and plenty of other surrounding mountains all incredibly beautiful. Knowing I wanted to take a picture which would show it at its best I had to decide..

1. Which lens would work best
2. How much of the scenery to include
3. Portrait or landscape
4. Will my film/ file size cope?

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I am a professor (experimental psychology, not entomology). I had started scanning images back in 1989 for incorporating into my lectures that I projected in front of the classroom. For my first camera I bought a Canon G1 in November of 2000 for family photos and to document dog behavior. I enjoyed it because it makes it easy to learn about photography quickly.

Given my background, I tend to think of the camera as a scanner that you point. If you don’t get the scan correct the first time, try again (and again). Compact flash is an endless roll of film. When I first got the camera, my (then) 5 year old son came into my office one day and suggested I photograph a bug that he had his eye on and we did. It was worse than terrible by my current standards, but it did allow us to see the bug in more detail than we could in real life. That is what got me started and what I enjoy so much about macros…..Full Article.

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